Jonathan Callen posted on Thu, 11 May 2017 23:25:24 -0400 as excerpted:
> In this case, you would add a line like:
>
> >=sys-devel/gcc-6.3.0 -pie
>
> to the /etc/portage/profile/package.use.mask file (creating the
> file/parent directory as needed). If a flag is masked/forced for all
> packages in use.{mask,force}, then you would add a line like "-foo" to
> the use.{mask,force} file in /etc/portage/profile/.
Thanks. As I said I doubt I'm the only one who will find this useful.
=:^)
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